I giorni (The Days)

Composer: EINAUDI, Ludovico
  • This piece originally appeared on Einaudi’s 2002 album, also entitled I Giorni.1
  • It was inspired by a 12th-Century folk song from the African country of Mali, which tells the story of a village grieving after a hippopotamus is killed by a hunter.2
  • This version was arranged by François Vallières, and Angèle Dubeau, director of La Pietà3

Sources

  1. “Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni,” Classic FM, accessed September 17, 2019, https://www.classicfm.com/composers/einaudi/music/i-giorni/.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait, Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Analekta 8738, CD, 2015.

Cut IDs

20423 20575